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Headmaster’s Letter 


Boarding school life is one of routine. There’s routine on a day-to-day basis: assembly, meals, classes, sports, study, lights out, all 
at designated times. Then there’s the big-picture routine of the school year: arrival and orientation, the building up to exams, breaks, 
then more school, more exams, and finally the end of the school year and goodbyes. 

It may be routine, but it’s never the same. Every year is filled with the unpredictable (some good, some not so good) and every 
year sees new faces arriving and familiar faces leaving. 

This past academic year was unusual in that we had to say goodbye to a larger than usual number of faculty and staff, some of 
whom are taking on new jobs, some returning to school, others retiring. We recognize their contributions elsewhere in this issue but 
I’d also like to take the opportunity here to wish them all the very best. 

There may be many goodbyes but as I pointed out at June’s Baccalaureate Service, while change may be difficult it also creates 
opportunities. Most of us here at Stanstead College are in our positions as a result of someone else leaving. One of the strongest 
elements of our school is the unique makeup of our faculty — long term veterans, experienced mid-career professionals and ener- 
getic teachers new to the profession. 

Fully one third of our faculty has been at the College for 10 years or more. 

Another six have been here between five and 10 years. 

I singled out our veterans at the service and I’d like to do it again: 

Michael McNamara: starting year number 11 at Stanstead College 
Louise Gittens: year 12 
Erik Van Dyke: year 13 
Christian Williams: year 14 
Beth Wadleigh: year 15 
Carmen Campbell: year 16 
Elizabeth Getty: year 17 
Susan Telling: year 1 8 
Andre Simard: year 18 
Geoff Telling: year 19 
Andrew Elliot: year 23 
Brian Denney: year 41 

I’d like to thank these teachers for being there through it all, the good times and the not so good times. Their commitment to the 
school is unquestionable and their role in shaping young lives anything but routine. 



Mike Wolfe with Chatbhadee Chatrabhuti 04(left), 
Ronald Chang 03 (center right) and Adam Spirk 
99 (right) at an alumni reunion held in Toronto on 
March 30, 2006. 




Michael T. Wolfe' 




MISSION STATEMENT 

The mission of Stanstead College is to provide hoys and girls with an education of superior quality in 
preparation for college and university in North America. 

Central to this mission is our commitment to provide a highly structured and supportive environment 
where students can develop independence and self-reliance through hard work, self-discipline, personal 
responsibility and sound moral values. 





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Contents 


Features 

Headmaster’s Hetter 2 

Veter Daniel ' 54 4 

Baccalaureate 2006 6 

In Memoriam 12 

The British Contingent 14 

Farewells 27 

Alumni 

Alumni Awards. 5 

Class Notes 16 

Alumni <& Friends Golf Tournament 20 

Montreal Alumni Reunion 23 

Toronto Alumni Reunion 24 

Homecoming 2006. 25 

Calendar 28 

Advancement 

Thank You Donors 10 

Red <& White Fund Surpasses Goal 11 

Academics 

Head Prefect - Jennifer Bauer. 7 

Tanguage Adventure Celebrates 20th 21 

Australian Reflections 22 

Admissions 

The International Experience 26 

Athletics 

Girls’ Hockey 9 

CO-CURRICULAR 

Stanstead Pushes the Green Envelope 8 

Building Homes in Mexico 13 

Hungry to Help 22 

Eectures Series begins in October 25 




Peter Daniel '54: 

The road to and from 
Stanstead... and back again 


Peter Daniel was surprised to learn he 
would be attending Stanstead College for 
his Grade 11 year. Shocked, actually. 
Possibly terrified. 

He had walked into his home in Quebec 
City to find his suitcase packed and his 
father telling him to be ready to leave in 
half an hour. 

’’Where are we going?” Peter asked. 

’’You’re going to school in Stanstead.” 

Peter’s mother had been hospitalized for 
some time and his father, with the help of 
a housekeeper, had been raising his four 
children alone. One fewer person in the 
house to take care of would help. Besides, 
Peter, he had decided, needed some struc- 
ture in his life. 

Peter arrived at Stanstead College later 
that day ’’still stunned and dry in the 
throat,” recalls Peter today. 

This was 1953. 

Flash forward 53 years. This past June, 
Peter Daniel came back to Stanstead 
College, where he spent just that one year. 
Recently retired as executive vice president 
of BCE and Bell Canada after a long 


career in journalism, govern- 
ment and international relations, 

Peter gave the Baccalaureate 

n , 1 t . Peter Daniel 54 presents graduating grade 12 student 

address to this year s graduating Jean . Samue| Rancourt with the Bjrks Si|ver Meda| for the 

class. His son Max will be highest overall average in Grade 12. Not surprisingly 
enrolling in Grade 7 in the fall. Rancourt also took home the Biology, Chemistry, 

a i i 11 i if Mathematics and Physics prizes as well as the Amaron 

And he just joined the schools Prize for French 

Council of Trustees. 



Prize for French. 

gladly come back for Grade 12. But it was 
his sister’s turn. Peter ended up graduating 
from Quebec High. 

The road after high school and universi- 
ty was long, winding and filled with 
opportunities that Peter seized along the 
way - something he alluded to in his 
Baccalaureate address. 

Peter fell into journalism by going to 
work for a neighbour who had just opened 
an English television station in order to 
bring CBC to town. 

”1 decided if I was going to do journal- 
ism, I should learn about it. So I went to 
work for two years at the local TV and 
radio station in Sydney, Nova Scotia, 
CJCB,” he says. ”1 had a helluva good 
time, covering city hall, accidents, fires, 
learning the basics.” 

From Sydney, Peter worked for CFCF in 
Montreal before moving back to CBC. He 
quickly moved up the ladder, becoming 
the CBC’s Paris Bureau chief from 1971 
to 1975 before returning to Canada as sen- 
ior political correspondent. It was then 
that he lost his stomach for journalism. 

”1 hated Ottawa,” he says. ”1 had come 
from Paris and had been covering the 
Vietnam War, the Middle East, incidents 
in Cyprus, and now I was back on the Hill 
sticking microphones in faces asking inane 
questions. I asked myself two basic ques- 

Alumnus and soon to be Stanstead trustee and parent, Peter Daniel 54, 
was the guest speaker at this year’s baccalaureate. 


Something must have happened between 
that first terrifying day in September 1953 
and June 1954 to leave an impression. 

”1 learned a couple of things at 
Stanstead,” Peter says. ”1 learned how to 
get along with people in a community. 
Because that’s what it is - a community. 
You also learn to take care of yourself. If 
you don’t send your clothes to the laundry 
nobody will, if you don’t keep your room 
clean nobody will do it for you. There was 
a code of conduct - an unwritten code - 
that you had to live by. 

”1 also learned how to work on my own. 
It was demanding. Mr. Gordon, Mr. 
Hackett, Mr. Graham - they didn’t take 
any crap. Even if you didn’t think you 
could make it, they didn’t give up on you. 

”1 ended up doing 
a lot better than I 
would have done at 
Quebec High. And I 
did a lot better the 
next year than had I 
not gone to 
Stanstead.” 

Perhaps the great- 
est statement Peter 
can make about his 
time at Stanstead was 
that he would have 


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tions: If I continue doing this, am I going 
be doing this when I f m 50? And do I want 
to be doing this when I f m 50?” 

The answers were ’’probably yes” and 
"no.” 

A friend in Foreign Affairs alerted him 
to a position as NATO spokesperson in 
Brussels. He got the job, launching a 
career that saw Peter working successively 
as media spokesman and special advisor 
for the International Energy Agency in 
Paris, assistant deputy minister in the fed- 
eral Department of Finance and later 
External Affairs, communications advisor 
for South Africa’s first multiracial election, 
and in 1997 as director of information 
and press for NATO during the Kosovo 
conflict. He also served as senior vice- 


president of the Canadian International 
Development Agency. 

In 2003, he joined Bell Canada and 
BCE, Canada’s largest communications 
company, as executive vice-president, 
communications and corporate marketing, 
a post from which he retired May 31. 

”It was all circumstance, luck and tim- 
ing, making the right decisions and mak- 
ing them quickly,” he says. ’’You have to 
network all the time, because it’s your net- 
work that will get you where you want to 

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While more or less retired, Peter contin- 
ues to work as a consultant. He also sits on 
a number of boards, including, recently, 
Stanstead College’s Council of Trustees. 

”1 don’t want to serve on board if I’m 


not going to be active or if it’s not going 
to be of interest,” he says. ’’Stanstead is an 
adventure that’s just beginning. I’ll see 
where I can be useful. I’m not a lawyer or 
an accountant, but I do have skills and 
common sense. Plus I’ve got a kid and had 
other kids - 1 know schools.” 

As for that kid, Peter says it was his son’s 
idea to come to Stanstead this fall for Grade 
7 - no surprises, no ’’get in the car, we’re 
going,” but a choice about seeking chal- 
lenges. Dad’s all for it. 

”1 hope he stays to Grade 12,” he says. 


New Alumni Awards Presented this Year 



Brian Denney shakes the hand of Dugie Ross, 
Director of Advancement as he accepts the 
Trustees’ Award of Merit. 


June’s Baccalaureate and Prize-Giving 
saw the inaugural presentation of the 
Trustees’ Awards. Initiated by the 
Advancement Committee, the program is 
meant to honour people who have made 
significant contributions to Stanstead 
College and to show the school’s appreci- 
ation for alumni in a tangible way. 

The awards were presented at 
Baccalaureate in the hopes of inspiring 
new alumni to carry the torch. 

The Trustees’ Award of Merit — for an 
alumnus or friend of the school whose 
personal effort has enhanced the reputa- 
tion and prestige of the College through a 
sustained and significant contribution to 
the College and the community — went to 
Brian Denney, Class of ’64. 

Brian was a teacher, coach and advisor 
at Stanstead for 36 years before retiring in 


2003, at which time he was recruited to 
work as Alumni Coordinator in the 
Advancement Office. His dedication and 
influence, said Chairman of the Council 
of Trustees Joseph Levy, has been invalu- 
able. 

“I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that 
since Brian’s been helping with alumni 
relations our alumni participation has 
soared,” he said. 

“Earlier this year, we dedicated the new 
gymnasium scoreboard in his name. In 
doing so, we asked some of his former 
students and players if they would help 
cover the cost of the equipment so that it 
would in effect be a gift from them. The 
general response was ‘Will you take 
cheque or Visa?”’ 

The Young Alumni Award — for an 
alumnus under 30 who has demonstrated 
leadership and contributed to the advance- 
ment of alumni activities and who sets an 
inspirational example for future young 
alumni — went to another familiar face 
from the Advancement Office, Adam 
Spirk, Class of ’99. 

Joseph Levy remarked on Adam’s posi- 
tive influence on the students in the past 
year but noted that his appreciation for 
Stanstead College began pretty much the 
day he arrived here as a student. 


He then read from Spirk’s nomination: 

“Of all the young alumni I know, no 
other has been as grateful for the experi- 
ence that Stanstead has afforded him than 
Adam Spirk. Adam truly loves what 
Stanstead College represents, the students 
that pass through its halls, and the com- 
munity he is an integral part of. . .. Adam’s 
enthusiasm for the school has been infec- 
tious in our circle and we all find ourselves 
wanting to take a larger role in being a part 
of that future.” 

Nominations are now open for next 
year’s recipients. You can find nomina- 
tion forms in the alumni section of our 
website or contact the Advancement 
Office. 



Headmaster Wolfe and Chairman of the 
Board, Joseph Levy congratulate Adam Spirk 
99 as the first recipient of the Young Alumni 
Award. 



Baccalaureate 2006 




Do what your heart says is right in a way your head says will 
work, guest speaker Peter Daniel (Class of 1954) told graduates 
at the Stanstead College Baccalaureate and Prize-Giving held 
Friday, June 23 at Centenary United Church in Stanstead. 

Despite his vast and varied career (see story page 4), this was 
Peter’s first commencement address. He delivered his speech 
with aplomb and sincerity, urging the graduates to ignore the 
naysayers and to pay attention to where they stumble as they 
make their way into the world. 

’’Mistakes are essential because they become your opportunity 
to make correction, to learn and to grow,” he said. ’’Mistakes are 
our chances to get back on course... You’ll probably change 
careers four or five times during the course of your working lives. 

That’s fine. Embrace it! 
And grab as much as 
you can from each expe- 
rience. 

’’Whatever path you 
may have for your life, 
remember to be alert to 
your stumbles - they 
may be telling you to 
change course. And they 
may be pointing you to 
new opportunities.” 
Peter also urged the 
students to make a dif- 
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who have had the benefit of a Stanstead education have no 
excuse not to try,” he said. 

The service also included a brief presentation by Ian Spofforth 
who was one of 25 British children evacuated to Stanstead 
College during World War II. 

’’You should be immensely proud of what you did for us,” he 
said. 

In his address, Headmaster Michael Wolfe reminded the stu- 
dents that life is not always easy. 

’’Remember that each and every setback, loss and defeat you 
encounter presents you with the opportunity to learn more about 
yourself and to reassess what you want to get out of life,” he 
said. 

Sixty Grade 11 and 37 Grade 12 students received diplomas at 
the June ceremony, which also included the awarding of several 
prizes. 

The school’s top prize, The Pitcher Memorial Prize for the stu- 
dent who has exerted the greatest influence for good, went to 
Jennifer Bauer of Ogden, Que. Headmaster Wolfe said Jennifer’s 
poise, character, strength, wisdom and concern for others had 
earned her the respect of the faculty and student body alike. 

Jennifer, who was head prefect this past year, also received the 
King Constantine Medal for commitment to Round Square 
ideals, the Amaron Prize for French (Grade 12), and the 
Sociology Prize. She (pictured on cover and on next page) has 
been accepted into the Education program at Queen’s University 
and recently received a local Millennium Scholarship worth 
$4000. 


Stanstead university scholarship recipients 


The following 2006 Stanstead graduates 
have received scholarships to post-sec- 
ondary institutions. The full list of student 
post-secondary acceptances is available in 
the “Academics” section of our website at 
www.stansteadcollege.com. 

Jennifer Bauer 

Queen’s - Concurrent Education 
Millennium Local Scholarship 

Constance Bedard 

Queen’s - Biomedical Computing 
(deferred scholarship to Carleton 
University) 


Andrew Emrich 

University of Maine at Presque lies - 
Elementary Education 
Full scholarship 

Man-Hei (William) Hou 

Waterloo - Mathematics 

Rene Descartes Scholarship & Euclid 

Medal for Mathematics 

Sean Ingutia 

Queen’s - Commerce 
Three Queen’s scholarships: Technology 
Bursary, Entrance Award, Excellence 
(deferred scholarship to Waterloo) 


Dianne Osei 

Carleton - Honours Communication 
Dobbie Regional Entrance Scholarship 

Jean-Samuel Rancourt 

Waterloo - Mechanical Engineering 
President’s Scholarship 
(deferred scholarship to U of T) 

Eun Joung Shim 

Carleton University - Biology 
Entrance Scholarship 

Ashley Wilson 

U. of Vermont - Environmental Science 
Orleans County Board of Realtors 
Scholarship 



The other major prize-winner was Jean-Samuel Rancourt of 
Magog, Que. who won the Birks Silver Medal for the highest 
overall average in Grade 12; the Spofforth Trophy for 
Excellence in Science and Mathematics; the Arthur E. Curtis Jr. 
Award for the top student entering an Engineering program; and 
the Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics Prizes. 

Jean-Samuel recently received a $2000 President’s Scholarship 
from the University of Waterloo where he will be studying 
Mechanical Engineering. 

Felicitha Straus of Hannover, Germany picked up several 
prizes, including the Governor General’s Medal for the highest 
overall average in Grade 1 1 ; the Trueman-McFadyen Award for 
a graduating girl scholar/athlete; the Biology Prize; and the J. 
Brian Clarke Economics Prize. 

Thomas Kirkman- Gagnon of Ayer’s Cliff, Que. won the Birks’ 


Bronze Medal for the highest overall average in Grade 10; the 
Banting Bursary Award for a returning local student for academ- 
ic achievement; the Historical Society, Physics and Chemistry 
Prizes; and the Sybil Galambos Prize for French (Grade 10). 

Lindsay Smith of Stanstead East, Que. won the Wilder Shield 
for the junior student with the most positive influence; the Sheila 
Ferguson Shield for the all-round junior girl athlete of the year; 
the Kenneth Reed Memorial Award for a local junior student 
returning to school; and the Grade 9 Math and English Prizes 

The complete prize list is available on our website at 
www.stansteadcollege.com. 



Jennifer Bauer, Head Prefect 


Stanstead College 
has been my 
home for the past 
six years of my 
life and will 
remain forever 
very close to my 
heart. It gave me 
the opportunity to learn, to experience, to 
excel in various aspects of school life, to 
get involved within the school and the 
larger community, to discover myself and 
to grow into the person I have become 
today. 

When I first came to Stanstead College 
in 2000, I was a shy and soft-spoken per- 
son. As the years passed several opportu- 
nities presented themselves and with these 
I was able to grow and learn a great deal of 
things. 

The best part of growing up at Stanstead 


was the fact that I got to see other stu- 
dents and my friends grow up as well. As 
we all changed, we were there for each 
other to cherish the good times and help 
get through the hard times. 

The greatest aspect of Stanstead College 
is the sense of community, the simple fact 
that we are a family. We live together in the 
same residence, we eat breakfast, lunch 
and supper together, we go to classes 
together. We are teammates on the field or 
cheer for each other on the sidelines. We 
share the feeling of being homesick, we 
get angry at each other but at the same 
time we share great memories. We stand 
up for each other and it’s always great to 
know that you have someone you can 
depend on. 

What do I love the most about my 
school? The people, because without 
them, my experience at Stanstead College 


would not have been the same. 

Personally, I would like to thank all my 
teachers who taught me over the years, my 
advisor who was always there for me, my 
coaches who taught me how to work hard 
and never give up, my house directors, the 
kitchen, maintenance and cleaning staff 
for all their work and making sure we feel 
at home on campus. Thank you to my par- 
ents and my brother for encouraging and 
pushing me to become a better person. 

Finally, to all my friends, if you ever need 
anything I will always be there no matter 
what because I respect every single one of 
you. Thank you for being part of my life 
and sharing these few years with me. I will 
always remember you! I am proud of my 
school and I am proud to be part of the 
Stanstead experience, the Stanstead com- 
munity! It was an experience I will never 
forget! 



Our School 


Stanstead College pushes the green envelope 


By Tania Portelli 

Anyone who has been a student at Stanstead College the past 
four years probably is aware of how I try to do my part to help 
the environment. I also educate faculty and students about how 

they can choose to live 
a greener lifestyle. 
Whether it’s using 
compact fluorescent 
light bulbs instead of 
incandescent bulbs, 
eating a meat-free diet 
at least once a week, or 
saying goodbye to the 
Windex and hello to 
vinegar and water, we 
all have the power to 
make change. 

Stanstead College 
has been working hard 
at becoming more 
eco-conscious and 
there are many rea- 
sons to celebrate. In 
early September 2005, 
we started the school year by cleaning up the Tomifobia River 
through a national initiative called The Great Canadian Shoreline 
Cleanup. Weighing our Food Waste in the cafeteria has taught 
students and faculty to take only what they need and not waste 
something they are not going to eat. Mr. Van Dyke boasted that 
his table did not throw out any waste for over five months. (He’s 
so competitive!) Yves LaVoie from Aramark believes that it is a 
great initiative and says he feels the savings in his budget. With 
leftover money, Aramark has been able to spoil us with foods 
that we could not regularly afford. 

Our biggest accomplishment to date was our first environmen- 
tal conference called ’’The Choices We make MAKE a differ- 
ence,” which took place on April 24, 2006. Delegates from 10 
different schools joined together at Stanstead College to share 
ideas, to learn, to encourage and to empower students and teach- 
ers and schools to make their place of learning more environ- 
mentally friendly. 

The day started with guest speaker Dale Marshall, a climate 
change policy analyst with the David Suzuki Foundation. The 
day continued with three workshops. The first, during lunch, was 
entitled ’’Where in the WORLD does your food come from?” 
which was a menu-driven look at how we can make a difference 


and help the environment through our food choices. In the sec- 
ond workshop, delegates explored the outdoor environment of 
the conference, using real-world examples on Stanstead’s campus 
to cover ecological concepts and processes integral to under- 
standing how human choices and decisions have affected the nat- 
ural environment. 

Workshop three, ”1 want YOU to curb your consumption!” 
examined media, consumption and the environmental price tag 
associated with the choices we make. The conference closed with 
a tree-planting ceremony. 

This conference proved to be a fruitful endeavour as teachers 
and students alike left the conference with set goals and new 
ideas that they can implement at their schools. 

Because of our many environmental initiatives, Stanstead 
College has been recognized by Canadian Geographic's Green 
Team Challenge as one of five honourable mentions in their 
national program. Bravo Stanstead College faculty, staff and stu- 
dents! 

(www.canadiangeographic.ca/ cea2006/gt_winners.asp) 



Jason Brueck of the Northwoods Stewardship 
Center in Charleston speaks at Stanstead’s first 
environmental conference. 



Teacher Tania Portelli oversees the weigh- 
ing of the food waste after lunch. 




Girls hockey makes the move to the next level 



Stanstead girls celebrate their win in the SC Girls Invitational. 


Since Stanstead College introduced its 
girls hockey program in 2002, the team 
has become increasingly competitive, 
making it a draw for young women the 
same way Stanstead’s renowned boys 
hockey program attracts male students. 

“My parents wanted me to come to 
Stanstead for the education. I wanted to 
come for the hockey,” says Lisa Linden of 
Lower Sackville, N.S. who is entering her 
second year at Stanstead College for 
Grade 12. 

Joining her last year 
was Patricia Thibault of 
Ottawa. Both girls 
played hockey at home 
but felt the level of play 
in their local high 
schools wasn’t on par 
with their abilities. 

“I want to play uni- 
versity hockey and 
hopefully play in either 
the WHL or the 
WWHL,” says Patricia. 

“I believe Stanstead has 
helped me towards 
reaching that goal in 
that I’ve improved a lot 


on my individual 
skills.” 

Paired with the 
school’s focus on 
academics, the 
Stanstead experi- 
ence has been a sat- 
isfying one for both 
girls. 

“We’re very close 
as a team,” says Lisa. 
“We’re more like a 
family. I’ve been on 
other teams that 
were really divided. 
But no one here 
judges you.” 

That being said, the girls expressed 
some disappointment that the caliber of 
play in the ETIAC high school league was 
not as tough as they had hoped. 

This season, Stanstead College plans to 
fix that. 

This past summer, Stanstead actively 
recruited scholar-athletes for a new inten- 
sive girls varsity hockey program to begin 
in the winter of 2006. The season will 
include not only games in the regional 
high school league but 
also forays into the 
United States along with 
Stanstead’s boys team to 
compete against top 
New England prep 
schools. 

“We might lose more 
but we’ll learn more,” 
says Thibault. 

Girls coach Adam 
Spirk says the goal is not 
just to make the program 
more competitive but to 
provide more opportuni- 
ties for the girls. 

“In women’s hockey, if 
you have a passion and 


want to continue playing after high school, 
there are limited spaces in Canadian uni- 
versities. You have to be the top of your 
team. Through this new program, we can 
offer exposure to U.S. colleges,” says 
Adam, who has both played and coached 
at the Junior level with the Kemptville 73s 
Junior B Hockey Club. 

Lisa, who is hoping to play university 
hockey after graduation, says she is look- 
ing forward to the revitalized girls pro- 
gram. 


“I know if we have the players to com- 
pete against stronger teams I’ll be getting 
closer to my goal,” she says. 




Lisa Linden and Patricia Thibault 




Annual Giving 



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Special thanks to all of you who contributed to our Red & White Fund in our 2005- 
2006 annual campaign. Your continuous support helps the school provide scholar- 
ships & bursaries, upgrade facilities, develop new iniatives and much much more. 



Alumni 

Stanstead College Alumni Association, Eleanor (Ball) 
Mansur 1922*, John Colby 1926, Frieda (Bindman) 
Dougherty 1934, L. Eleanor (Cooper) Stalker 1934, 
Kathleen (Bready) McMillan 1935, Ruth Sherman 1936, 
Clement Mallalieu 1937, Edgar Clark 1938, William 
Carson 1939, Florence (Curtis) MacLeod 1939, Robert 
Macintosh 1940, Frances (Meigs) Stuart 1940, Peter 
Poapst 1940, Cecile (Rousseau) Ells 1941, William Flint 
1942, Fred Hill 1942, C. Gordon Lindsay 1942, William 
Taylor 1942, Elvyn Baldwin 1943, Ross Hunting 1943, 
Kathleen Brown 1944, Eleanor (Duffy) Campbell 1944, 
Beryl Coates 1944, Margaret (Mitchell) Krug 1944, 
Albert Murphy 1945*, Gertrude Ketcham 1946, 

William Layton 1946*, Gordon Stuart 1946, Marion 
(Kelly) Dodd 1947, Garth Jackson 1947, Harry Walker 
1947, Gerald Wilson 1947, Gwen Berry 1948, Gerald 
Hogan 1948, Richard Colt 1949, David Gross 1949, 
Janet (Gatehouse) Kavanagh 1949, Margaret 
(Philip) Bagnall 1950, Anita (Soutiere) Judd 1950, 
Philippa (Wiser) Lynn 1950, Millicent (Struthers) Pratt 
1950, Clarence Copp 1951, Bertram Titcomb 1951*, W 
John Mackay 1952, Shirley (Davidson) Bonic 1953, 
Irene (Kerr)Corbiere 1953, William Fluhmann 1953, 
Jack Gold 1953, Faith (Gaffield) Grady 1953, Brian 
McGregor 1953, Allan Smith 1953, Betty (Young) 

Smith 1953, Raymond St-Sauveur 1953, Elizabeth 
(Moore) Copp 1954, Peter Daniel 1954, Steuart Levell 
1954, John Roberts 1954, Merlyn Royea 1954, John 
Nichol 1955, Peter Farwell 1956, Peter Rowley 1956, 
Martin Gerrard 1957, Olof Lemon 1957, Alexander 
Philip 1957, Janet Cass 1958, C. Gordon Edgar 1958, 
David Beasse 1959, Howard Smith 1959, Dan 
Houghton 1960, Richard St. Dizier 1960, Ian Starrak 
1960, Ted Veit 1961, Brian Denney 1964, A. Frank 
Murphy 1964, A. Bruce McKelvey 1967, William 

Palmer 1967, Georges Beaubien 
1968*, Nigel Lester 1968, Peter 
Lukeris 1968, Joseph Levy 1969*, 
John Bochene 1970*, Bruce 
Cappell 1970, Gary Chown 1970, 
John Mackenzie 1970, Tim Manning 1970*, J. 
Dugald Ross 1970*, Scott Waugh 1970, Matthew Elder 
1971*, Peter Gloger 1971, Steve Mitchell 1971, Bradley 
Wright 1971, Geoffrey Wagner 1971, Jonathan Cowen 
1972, David Fownes 1972, Peter Wynne 1972, Michael 
Peirce 1973, Yves Quintal 1974*, Allan Sonac 1974, 
Andrew Delisle 1975, Scott Morgan 1975, Joel Segal 
1975, Roger Casgrain 1976*, Douglas McEwen 1976, 
Joe Vaitekunas 1976, Stephen Carden 1977, Pierre 
Geoffroy 1977, Peter Lawton 1977, John Nadeau 1977, 
Jean Benoit 1978, Peter Carpentieri 1978, Jacques 
Picard 1978, Carmelo Rizzo 1978, Steven Dizgun 1979, 
Peter Ryan 1979, Christopher Clegg 1980, Mitchell 
Kotansky 1980, Sam MacCallum 1980, Kevin Philip 
1980*, Randy Goodleaf 1981, Jeff Knowles 1981, 
Martin Kojoian, Jr. 1981, Patrick Berman 1982, Ian 
Jackson 1982*, Rod Murphy 1982, Timothy Beal 1984*, 


(Uotios 


Terence Burgis 1985, Patrick Kelly 1985, Jacques 
Lepine 1985, Patrick Quinlan 1985, Riad Salem 1985, 
Aurelio Useche 1985, Oleg Vydykhan 1986, Leslie 
(Becker) Marcello 1987, Andrew ten Pas 1987, Andrew 
Battah 1989, Isabelle (Paradis) Gatcliffe 1989, Keri 
Reynolds 1990, Victor Lu 1991, Rachel (Poston) 
Sherman 1991, Philippe Beauregard 1992, Todd Hsu 
1992, Amanda (Emslie) Lozier 1992*, Francois Paradis 
1992, Christopher Yates 1992, Melanie Aubut 1993, 
Stephen Telling 1993, George Diamandopoulos 1994, 
Victor Kasowski 1994, Alan Chi 1995, Kevin 
McCoubrey 1995*, Suzy McDonald 1995*, Jeff Supino 
1997, Adam Spirk 1999, Genevieve Laquerre 2000, 
Lindi Campbell 2001, Sarah Elliot 2002, Kim 
McNamara 2005 

Companies 

Beckwith Bemis*, Lombard Canada Ltd, McLean 
Budden, Sport Wellington inc., Top Marks 

Current Faculty 

Carmen Campbell, Claudine Chartrand, Andrew 
Elliot*, Barbara Elliot, Louise Gittens, Tracey Harding, 
Eryn Hessian, Francine Maurice, Michael McNamara, 
Tania Portelli, Louise (Goodfellow) Retchless, James 
Rioux, Nathalie Roy, Andre Simard, Geoffrey Telling, 
Susan Telling, Erik Van Dyke, Marie-Chantal Vincent, 
Christian Wells, Christian Williams, Michael T. Wolfe* 

Current Staff 

Maida Benoit, Claude Bourgoin, Joanne (Tracy) 
Carruthers, Brian Denney 1964*, Marie-Josee 
Gaboriault, Liz Getty, Jacques Hebert, Clement 
Jacques*, Helene (Ledoux) Lussier, Karen (Cushing) 
MacPherson*, Isabel (Martin) Marcotte, Suzanne 
(Terrien) Marrotte, Inger McNamara, Ross Murray, 
Allan Smith 1953*, Keri Reynolds 1990, Donna 
(Patterson) Richter, Lucie (Therrien) Roy, Alta 
Sheldon*, Adam Spirk 1999, David Woodard 

Current Parent 

Jurgen & Franca Bauer, Alain & Kathy Bedard*, Daniel 
Bourassa, Jean-Yves Boutet, Brenda Bull, Susan 
Burkman, Jonathan & Judith Cowen 1972, Denis & 
Carla Fortin, Normand & Kyra Goodyear, Jacques & 
Alison Hebert, Arnold & Patricia Hill, Shui Hung & 
Teresa Hou*, Tae Joo Kim, Gaetan Lachance, Mei-Wan 
Lai, Lise Langlois, John & Sylvie Maclsaac, Paul 
Mathurin, Jean Bourassa & Odette Megre, Rejean 
Duhamel & Nicole Laroche, Ray J. McComber & 
Shelley J. Goodleaf, Michael & Inger McNamara, 
Nelson Murphy, Peter & Christine Osei, Min-Huei Ou, 
Jose Antonio Patron Castro, Edward & Carol Pepyne, 
Yvan Ronsse & Carole Dicaire, Marc Roy, Arkady 
Roytman, Nancy Shecapio-Blacksmith, Jennifer Szeto*, 
Carl G. Taylor*, Bill Vassilakis, Christian & Bisia 
Williams, Yuichiro Yuda 

Former Faculty/ Staff 

Peter Ashworth, Leila Atkin, Peter 



Boyd, Janet Cass 1958, Edward Cayley, Dorothy 
Duncan, Paul Duncan, Barry Gallant, Isabelle (Paradis) 
Gatcliffe 1989, Mary (Pearson) Martin, Dawn 
(Donohue) Meckelborg, Avi & Lena Moman, Lise 
Morel, Alexander Philip 1957, Emilie Simard, 
Christopher Skelton, Norman Southward, Frances 
Walbridge, David Williams* 

Foundations 

Donner Canadian Foundation, Roasters' Foundation, 
Eric T. Webster Foundation, R. Howard Webster 
Foundation, Samuel R. Young Foundation 

Friends 

John Cunningham, Maud Curtis, Andrew Davies, 
Jacques de Billy, Christina Duncan, Jane Dunn, Mary 
Lillian Elliot Trust, Sophia Economides, Bridget 
Fetterly, Jean Frechette, Celine Gaboriault, Joseph 
Gaboriault, Robert Gaboriault, Sylvie Gaboriault, 
Andrew Hanna, Stanstead IODE, Joyce Montgomery, 
Rotary Club of Newport District 7050, Nancy 
(Butters) Pacaud*, Isabelle Pepin, Pierrette Pepin, 
Dennis Quinn, Maureen Quinn, David Riddle, Scierie 
Melbourne (1989) Inc., C. Irving Slack, Jean Storry, 

Lois Tucker, Edith Walbridge, Grace Whyte, Brian 
Woods, James Parke Woods 

Honorary Trustees 

E. Stewart Cowen, Malcolm MacDonald, John Colby 
1926, W John Mackay 1952 

Past Parents 

Nancy Amos, Georges Balcer, Robert Bennett, James 
Campbell, E. Stewart Cowen, Janet Elder, David 
Emslie, David Gray, Keuk Ja Bank, Renald Laquerre, 
Susan Leff, Karin Lenz, Janet Cartmel Partington, 
Louise Perreault, Andree Prieur, Richard Renaud*, 
Dugie & Joanne Ross 1970*, Ann Semeniuk, 
Christopher & Teresa Skelton, C. Ronald Spaulding, 
Margaret Tirrell, Ewa Tomaszewska, Thomas Vandor, 
Nicolas Vydykhan 

Trustees & Directors 

Melanie Aubut 1993, Andrew Battah 1989, Georges 
Beaubien 1968*, Philippe Beauregard 1992, Eleanor 
(Duffy) Campbell 1944, James Campbell, George F. 
Carter, Brian Clarke 1 H 3 , Robert Colby, Richard Colt 
1949, Jonathan Cowen 1972, Robert Cowling, Eileen 
Curran, George Diamandopoulos 1994, John Foessl, 
Barry Gallant, Isabelle (Paradis) Gatcliffe 1989, 
Jonathan Goldbloom, David Gray, Ian Jackson 1982*, 
Joseph Levy 1969*, Sam MacCallum 1980, Sylvie 
Maclsaac, Suzy McDonald 1995*, Scott Morgan 1975, 
Francois Paradis 1992, Matthew Price-Gallagher, Yves 
Quintal 1974*, Richard Renaud*, J. Dugald Ross 1970*, 
Joel Segal 1975, Hugh Thomson, Geoffrey Wagner 
1971, Philip Webster, Tom Williams 

*denotes multiple gifts 



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Red & White Fund Surpasses Goal 


Last summer when we launched the 2005-2006 Red & White 
Fund, we crossed our fingers that we would hit our target of 
$200,000, which was more than we had raised in past years but 
an amount we felt reflected our needs as a school. 

I am pleased to report that not only have we reached that goal 
but surpassed it, thanks to the amazing generosity of our alum- 


Red& White Fund 



ni, parents, employees, trustees and friends. 

By our June 30 deadline, we had raised $216,003. Even more 
encouraging is the fact that we saw a 30 percent increase in the 
number of donors over the previous year, especially among 
alumni and parents. 

This financial support runs parallel with the moral support 
many of you have shown the school. It’s been a great year in 
terms of participation at our various events, with increased atten- 
dance at gatherings across the country and a genuine sense of 
renewal and commitment among our extended Stanstead com- 
munity. This not only makes our job here in the Advancement 
Office easier but a whole lot of fun. 

Your donations to the 2005-2006 Red & White Fund go 


towards assisting deserving students through scholarships and 
bursaries and enhancing our academic and extracurricular pro- 
grams. 

A special thanks must go to our Parents’ Committee, whose 
members contacted current parents on our behalf and led by 
example in their determination to go that extra mile for their chil- 
dren’s education. 

And of course a final thank you to all of you who answered 
our call to help create an unforgettable Stanstead experience for 
current students and those to come. 

We are already into the 2006-2007 Red & White Fund, and I 
hope you will consider making a donation so we can build on this 
momentum. In the coming weeks, I will be writing to you per- 
sonally to ask for your support. In the meantime, a final thank 
you to the Stanstead family for showing your Red & White pride! 

Dugie Ross 
Director of Advancement 

NO TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS 

Last May’s federal budget made it easier and more attractive 
for Canadians to donate securities such as mutual funds to regis- 
tered charities such as Stanstead College. 

Under new guidelines, donations of publicly listed securities 
are exempt from capital gains tax. 

For example, imagine you originally purchased securities for 
$1000. The current value of those securities is $10,000, resulting 
in a capital gain of $9000. You decide to transfer these securities 
to the Stanstead College Red & White Fund. You will receive an 
income tax receipt of $10,000 and pay no capital gains tax. 

If you wish to know more about transferring securities or 
making any donation to Stanstead College, contact Director of 
Advancement Dugie Ross at (819) 876-7891, ext. 304 or email 
dross@stansteadcollege.com. 


Stanstead College 

Red & White Fund 

450 Dufferin, Stanstead, QC, JOB 3E0 


name: 

address: 

year: 


RW- 10-06 


Please accept my donation in the amount of : 

o $50 o $100 o $250 o $500 O $1000 O $2500 O $5000 

Please direct my donation to: 

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1 would like to make my contribution via: 

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Cheques payable to Stanstead College. 

Fax to: (819)876-1019 
By Phone: (819)876-7891 ext.225 
Online: www.stansteadcollege.com /alumni 
Charitable Registration #: 119167682 RR1 
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signature 



In Memoriam 


J. Brian Clarke, trustee 


Stanstead College 
has renamed its 
Grade 11 Economics 
Prize in memory of 
Stanstead College 
director and friend J. 
Brian Clarke, who 
died after a lengthy 
illness on June 2 at 
the age of 67. 

Brian spent much 
of his career as a sen- 
ior executive for com- 
panies in Canada and 
the United States, 
including Coleco 
Industries where he 
began in the 
Marketing Department and eventually made his way up to 
become the company’s CEO. During his tenure at Coleco, he 
oversaw the launch of the hugely successful Cabbage Patch line 
of dolls. More recently, he was executive vice-president of 
Strategy First Inc., a Montreal-based creator and manufacturer of 
computer games. 

Brian joined Stanstead’s Board of Directors in 2001 at the urg- 
ing of his friend and current chairman Joseph Levy. According 
to Joseph, Brian fell in love with the school on his first visit and 
thought that, indeed, this was something he could become 
involved in. 

And involved he was. Besides his regular duties as a board 
member, Brian played a major role in negotiating the faculty con- 
tract, an exercise that resulted in respect and friendship between 
himself and many members of the administration and teaching 
staff. 

“I remember his wonderful sense of humour, his laugh and his 
great voice,” said Headmaster Michael Wolfe. 

”He never regretted getting involved with Stanstead,” said 
Joseph Levy. ’’During his illness, he let most things go but he still 
kept an interest in what was happening at the school. He felt 
Stanstead College was a pretty unique place. He was proud of his 
involvement and he was proud of the school.” 

Brian also volunteered his time with the Mountainside United 
Church, the Erskine & American United Church and the 
Constance Lethbridge Rehabilitation Centre Foundation. He was 
also the mayor of the Town of Barkmere, Quebec for 15 years. 

”He was a caring guy who wanted to do the best he could,” 



Chairman Joseph Levy presents the inaugu 
ral J. Brian Clarke Economics Prize to 
Felicitha Straus. 


said Joseph. 

J. Brian Clarke is survived by his wife Mary Di Palma, children 
Mark Esposito, Johanna (Mark Hekimian) and Krystina (Luc 
Beaudoin), four grandchildren and his sister Linda. 


We remember 

Douglas Cooper 
Doris Gibson 
Eileen Hunter 
Joanne Pepin 
Edith (Howes) Warner 


1939 

1930 

Former Staff (nurse) 
Current Parent 
1951 (see page 17) 



Stanstead College 


Entrance Scholarship Competition 

Friday, November 17, 2006 and A" 

Saturday, February 24, 2007 ,'JT 


450 Dufferin Street, Stanstead, Quebec (819) 876-2223 
www.stansteadcollege.com admissions@stansteadcollege.com 


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Our School 


“Buenes Dias” Habitat for Humanity 


This year, Stanstead College worked in a small indigenous 
community in Mexico called Candelaria, roughly a one-hour 
drive from San Cristobal de las Casas (the old city in Chiapas). 
Spanish was the second language spoken in the community 
where Tzotzil (a Mayan language) was widely spoken. The com- 
munity was a 45-minute drive from the main road around hills 
and through forests. It was common to be stopped in the mid- 
dle of the road by a flock of sheep or a family of chickens. 
Every day we were greeted by smiling and, at times, puzzled 
faces saying “Buenas Dias!” To say the least, everyone was very 
interested in us! 

Through Habitat for Humanity we helped build two houses. 
Maria is the owner of one of the houses. She is a widow with 
five children. She only spoke Tzotzil. Communication with 
Maria proved to be difficult at times. However, Ms. Hessian’s 
group (Mihwa, Chelsea and Zouha) did so with open hearts and 
smiling eyes. The house was half finished when Eryn’s group 
started work there. The only thing left to do on Maria’s house 
was the concrete floor. 

My group (Max, Isabella, Shinai and Steph) worked on Fidel 
and Matilde’s house. They have two children. We started with 
nothing and managed to have the walls up before we left. There 
was still a lot of work to do. 

Both families will now be able to sleep in a warmer and 
more sanitary house (with concrete floors and ceilings, instead 
of a dirt floor and corrugated zinc roof) because of Habitat for 
Humanity’s work. 

This proved to be an educational trip for all those involved. 

Murphy family donates 



William Murphy and his father Nelson at June’s unveiling. 



Tania Portelli, Isabella Hameier, Stephanie Guyette, Shinai 

Matsumura, Zouha Dalloul, Chelsea Fortin, Mihwa Kim, Maxime 

Leblanc and Eryn Hessian. 

The students feel a powerful sense of accomplishment! They 
learned so much from our community members who were so 
poor but at the same time had so much to give. In the end, the 
community was comfortable enough to share their culture with 
us; they dressed Shinai in their cultural dress and braided her 
hair too! Our last day together was particularly touching as we 
gathered together to say goodbye. 

I will leave you with the last image on our drive out of the 
community: An older woman in her late sixties barefoot, carry- 
ing a load of firewood on her head, with a lamb in one hand 
and her weaving materials in another! What a place! 

Thank you to all those who helped make this project a reali- 
ty. 

- Ms. Portelli and Ms. Hessian 

PAINTING 

This past April, the school was saddened to learn of the death 
of Joanne Pepin Murphy, mother of Grade 11 student William 
Murphy, following a lengthy illness. In the wake of their loss, the 
Murphy family chose to celebrate her memory by donating a 
painting to Stanstead in her name. 

The work by Quebec artist Viateur St-Pierre was unveiled by 
William and his father Nelson Murphy in the Colby Reading Room 
during a small ceremony on June 10. A number of faculty members 
and many of William’s friends were on hand for the event. 

“Mrs. Murphy was a determined and tough woman who 
showed incredible courage throughout her illness,” said 
Headmaster Wolfe. “This tribute is an appropriate way to remem- 
ber her.” 

The winter scene was created in 1981 and was one of the last 
major works by St-Pierre. Prior to coming to Stanstead, it hung in 
the Murphy home in Richmond, Que. 


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Our History 


The British contingent: World War II evacuees 


Soon after nine o'clock l was in bed and watching, through the 
windows, the silvery searchlights sweep the sly. How many were 
there ? One... two. . . four. . . seven. . . nine l They swept the sly 
[above Tiverpool] in wide arcs, crossing each other, wandering and 
turning, and piercing the clouds. From time to time they would all 
flash onto a particular spot in the heavens, rest there a moment, 
and then turn away. I do not know how long it was that I 
watched the searchlights, but at length I got drowsy and began to 
think of silly things, such as lions and tigers, swastikas and sub- 
marines, and so fell asleep. 

(< Our Fast Night in England \ ” Barbara Fades, Grade 8, 

Stan stead College Annual, 1941 

Suddenly we woke up and found ourselves being showered with 
plaster and bricks. There was no time to wait for at any moment 
the floor or ceiling might give in. We grabbed hold of whatever we 
could lay our hands on in the dark and rushed out. It was espe- 
cially difficult for me as a water main had burst above my head 
which did not improve matters. Another hindrance was a thick 
cloud of choking dust which went right down your lungs and made 
visibility nil. We reached safety in a moment, unhurt but consider- 
ably shaken. 

* When the Bombs Fell, ” Bryan Kawson, Grade 10, 
Stan stead College Annual, 1941 

The bombs must have seemed a long way away for the 25 chil- 
dren from England who made Stanstead and the College their 
home for much of World War II. And thankfully so. For the stu- 
dents of Oldfeld School at Swanage, Dorset, Stanstead College 
was a welcome refuge that more than 60 years later remains in 
the hearts of many who came here. 

“Stanstead is a most marvelous memory for me and my fami- 
ly, ?? says Lister Hickson. 

Lister was the second youngest of the five Hickson children, 
the offspring of Oldfeld’s headmaster and his wife. He was 8 
when his family arrived in Stanstead with the school’s matron and 
20 students in the fall of 1940. 

Located on the English Channel, Oldfeld was taken over by 
the British military shortly after the war began. But what to do 
with the children? A plan was devised to evacuate them to 
Canada. Headmaster Arthur Hickson’s aunt had been Hannah 
Beck, a former teacher at Stanstead. Although she was by then 
deceased, it was through her connections that contact was made 
with the College. 

At the end of 1939, Stanstead agreed to accept 40 children. By 



1. Headmaster and Mrs. Hickson 2. David Thomas 3. Rachel Hickson 
4. An Annex Group on Willow Lane 5. “Little Oldfeld” 6. Keith 
Townend 8. Mr. Hickson 9. Oldfeld School 


July 1940 when the Duchess of Richmond sailed out of 
Liverpool bound for Montreal, the number of students still in 
need of placement had dwindled to 20 plus the Hickson family. 

The members of the IODE and many others set right to work to 
help supply warm clothing from socks to heavy outer garments for 
[the Oldfeld children] to wear. It seemed from every hand and side 
came assistance to help make the whole body of Swanage School 

feel at home. 

It was not long before they fitted in quite well to the routine of 
the College, except they found the fast pace at which we lived hard 
to understand. 

Ruth McGilton, school nurse 

The community, on campus and off, rallied behind the British 
evacuees when they arrived in October. Lister Hickson remem- 
bers waking up on that first Thanksgiving morning and finding 
skis, toboggans, skates and other winter gear left anonymously 
outside their door at “Little Oldfeld” — the name given to the 
infirmary once the Hicksons moved in. 

“By the end of term, all the children were taken in by local 
families for the Christmas holidays and every subsequent holi- 
day,” he says. “The hospitality was such that I was not aware of 
any of the children being sad.” 

Ian Spofforth was only 6 when he came to Stanstead with his 
mother in 1943, following his brothers Michael and Jeremy who 
had arrived in 1940. Mother and the younger Spofforths board- 


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REMEMBER STANSTEAD COLLEGE WITH FONDNESS 


ed with a family in Rock Island and made the daily trek up the 
hill to the College, where Ian remembers attending Miss Libby’s 
class in the Model School. 

“I can remember snow, the terrible business of getting dressed 
20 minutes every morning to slush to school on skis, and anoth- 
er 20 minutes getting undressed,” he recalls. 

Since coming to Stanstead in October ; the English children have 
quickly adapted themselves to Canadian life. Hockey and skiing 
were strange sports to them but they soon became quite adept in 
these Canadian winter sports. When spring arrived they also 
showed a great interest in gardening. 

A Busy Day with the S.W.C. Students , ” B.K Alien, 
Stanstead College Annual, 1941 

Like Canadians, the British children learned to embrace the 
snow rather than fight it. 

“My brother Michael made the ski team, even though he had 
never seen snow in his life,” recalls Ian Spofforth. 

Although the school does not have any yearbooks from the 
years 1943 to 1945, entries in the first two years of the students’ 
stay indicates that they became involved in most aspects of stu- 
dent life. In his Junior Matriculation yearbook listing, for exam- 
ple, Bryan Rawson’s activities included rugby, skiing, dramatics 
and the magazine board. His “pet peeve” was “Being asked how 
he likes Canada.” 

During their last 
summer here, the 
Hicksons enjoyed 
the quin t e s s en tial 

Canadian adventure: 
paddling by canoe 
down the Rideau 
Canal from Ottawa 
to Kingston. 

“We know how 
Canada was settled 
so fast: they were 
trying to outrace the 
mosquitos!” he says 
of that trip. 

Mosquitos and all, 

Lister describes his 
four years in Canada 
as a “magical” time. 


“It was a com- 
plete, separate chunk 
out of my life, which 
I can fully recall and 
can’t confuse with 
other things in other 
places,” he says. 

Upon returning 
home, there was a 
year or so of read- 
justment, making 

new friends, settling 
back in. 

“With my 

Stanstead training 
and a bit more math, 

I was able to get into 
the Royal Navy at 
Dartmouth, which 
says something about 
the education I 
received,” he says. 

After the war, 

Oldfeld became a boarding house for the Swanage Grammar 
School and for service people and others abroad. Today it is an 
international language school. 

As for Mr. and Mrs. Hickson, they took up farming. 

By your generous sympathy you have earned the true and lasting 
gratitude of those to whom you have given this hospitality and by 
your understandingyou have shown how strong is the bond unit- 
ing all those who cherish the same ideals. 

For all this goodwill towards the children of Great Britain l 
send you my warmest and most grateful thanks. 

Fetter from Queen Elizabeth, circa 1945 

In 1948, Stanley Spofforth, father of the three Spofforth boys, 
donated the Spofforth Trophy for Excellence in Science and 
Mathematics in gratitude for Stanstead’s hospitality. This past 
June, Ian Spofforth himself presented the trophy at 
Baccalaureate. Prior to the presentation, he made a brief speech 
recalling Stanstead’s generosity to the children of Oldfeld School. 

“You should be immensely proud of what you did for us,” he 
said. 



Back row: David Thomas, Joe Franklin, 
Thomas Hickson, Ann Hickson, Joe 
Frankfort, Keith Hickson, Douglas Robb 
(Canadian); front: Rachel Hickson, Keith 
Townend, Lister Hickson. 



Ian Spofforth presents the Spofforth Trophy 
to Jean-Samuel Rancourt at June’s 
Baccalaureate SErvice. 






Class Notes 


Wow 1 1923 

WWW. Rita ( Butler ) 

Manning celebrated her 100th 
birthday on April 2, 2006 at 
the Wales Home in 
Quebec. 


Doug Robinson manufactures stained 
glass. His recent work (above right) took 
110 hours to complete and contained 318 
pieces. Doug is currently cutting the glass 
for a seahorse that measures 74 inches. 


1968 

Nigel Lester is living in Peterborough, 
Ontario where he works for the Ministry 
of Natural Resources. He has three 
daughters, the eldest of whom attends 
Queen’s University, while the other two 


are of high school age. Nigel is 
quite involved in coaching girls 
hockey. 


Nigel’s brother Kevin resides in Moreton- 
on-Marsh, England where he is a film edi- 
tor. He has three children and two grand- 
children. 


1969 

After retiring from Air Canada, Andy 
Hardwick has taken over his father-in- 
law’s business of distribution of Coca- 
Cola products to Northern Canada. 


home in Kalowna and the office in 
Vancouver. 


Mike Neely (below left with JD Ross) is 
enjoying the good life living in Marbella, 
Spain. He has lemon, avocado, banana and 
orange trees on his property as well as a 
tennis court. Dugie Ross ’70, recently vis- 
ited Mike and can attest to the fact that 
Mike has not lost his sense of humour and 
wicked overhead smash. Mike was a great 
host to Dugie and his sonJD ’00, and 
would love to hear from any alumni trav- 
elling in the area. 

1972 

Doug Burdon lives in 
Anguilla most of the 
year. His brother Tom 
’73 and his family visit- 
ed him this past winter. 

Doug’s son Judd (1994) also 
lives in Anguilla with his family and runs 
an online store. Judd can be seen kitesurf- 
ing above. 



1970 

Andy Lester lives in London, Ontario and 
works at Fanshawe College where he is 
responsible for information technology. 
He has one son who recently graduated 
from University of Waterloo in Civil 
Engineering. 

Tim Manning, regional vice-president of 
commercial financial services B.C. at the 
Royal Bank, could retire in October but 
would prefer to contiue working for a few 
years yet. Tim divides his time between his 





Stans tead’s jazz band headed to the Wales Home in Richmond, 
Que. this spring to perform for residents there, including sever- 
al alumni. Above from L-R standing: Hilda Lepoidevin ’33, 
Beulah (Hearn) Aulis ’38, Eleanor (Cooper) Stalker ’34, Ray 
McMorine ’39. Seated: Eleanor (Ball) Mansur ’22 


Hilda Lepoidevin ’33 (above centre) and Eleanor (Cooper) 
Stalker ’34 (above right) show off their catches at the fishing 
derby that took place next to the Wales Home. 



Richmond, Que 


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Edith (Howes) Warner 1951^ 

Taken from the bio printed on the back of the order of service: 

[Edith] completed high school at Stanstead College and for over half a century was 
involved in education. She taught at Sunnyside Elementary in Stanstead, operated a 
private nursery school in Lennoxville and conducted many kindergarten classes at 
Marymount and Sherbrooke Elementary Schools. Retirement did not suit her, so 
under the auspices of the United Church, she volunteered for five years to teach the 
English language teachers in Hangzhou and Nanjing, China... 

Her friend and fellow Stanstead graduate, John Mackay ’52, wrote the following: 
“She was truly a remarkable woman, a true Christian and should be remembered 
proudly as an alumna of SWC.” 


John Stronach has retired 
from his position of finan- 
cial consultant with 
Berkshire Financial. He has 
moved to the Magdeline 
Islands and is the 
owner/operator of a seniors 
residence there with his wife. 

1973 

Brian Wright is the general manager 
(Ontario and Eastern Canada) for Ridley 
Inc., which manufactures vitamins and 
minerals for livestock. This position 
keeps him very busy, although he is still 
able to play hockey a few times in a fairly 
competitive league. 


times she had at Stanstead with 
the Fradet sisters. 

1982 

After leaving Stanstead, Robert 
Gravel spent five years in the 
military as a deep sea diver 
(clearance diver) and then 16 years as a 
police officer with the Region of Peel. In 
the past year Robert has opened two 
resto-bars and is currently the president of 
a franchise that is now nine stores strong. 
Robert has been married for 17 years and 
has two wonderful children, a boy and girl 
ages 12 and 9. 

1988 




11976 

ICharles Hodgson has sur- 
passed a million downloads 
lof his audio word-a-day 
VPodictionarjj. His upcoming 
Ibook Carnal Knowledge has 
gained endorse- 
ments from such luminaries as 
Lynne Truss and Richard 
Lederer. It’s due out this fall. 

More info at www.navelgazers- 
dictionary.com 

1981 

Marie-Josee Gaudreault has taken 
over her father’s clothing store in 
Alma, Que. It was while camping in New 
Brunswick that she ran into Ron Ward ’69 
and through discussion discovered their 
SC connection. 

Marie-Josee fondly remembers the good 


Eric Lafreniere and his wife Frederique 
are pleased to announce the birth of their 
third child, Romain, born December 8, 
2005. Romain can be seen in the photo 
below with his brother Alexandre and his 
sister Juliette. Eric still works as a mar- 
ket/ credit-risk analyst for the Dutch 
investment bank ABN 
AMRO at its Paris 
branch. 

John and Bev Wilcox 
are pleased to 
announce the birth of 
their twins Hannah 
and Henry (top right 
corner)on May 3, 
2006. Hannah and 
Henry were premature but are now fit and 
well. In fact, according to John, they are 
both drinking him under the table! 




Theodore Brus (pictured below) is proud 
to announce that he was married to 
Abigail Olson on June 3, 2006 in Indiana, 
USA. Ted has been working as a scientist 
in Indianapolis for five years now. Also in 
attendance at the wedding were Thomas 
Peasley ’91, Martin Beasse ’91, Maryann 
Brus ’89 and Suzanne Brus ’91. 



Lourdes Tirado is currently living in 
Monterrey, Mexico with her two daughters 
Ana Lourdes and Raquel and husband 
Marco A. Becerra. 

1992 

Philippe Beauregad was recently promot- 
ed to the position of director of public 
affairs for CGI Inc. 


Francois Paradis’s family continues to 
grow with the addition of Matteo born in 



Nat Rheault ’97 got together with 
Genevieve Yong ’97 during a recent 
trip to Boston. It had been more than 
8 years since the girls had seen one 
another. 



Remembering the value of a 
Stanstead education 

Considering he works in finances, it’s not surprising 
that John “Gar” Nadeau is a strong proponent of estate 
planning and maintaining a clear, updated will. 

“I’m a firm believer in planning where your money 
goes, and I prefer to have it go to a place that I have a 
passion for and not have the Canada Revenue Agency 
dictate where it goes,” says John, who is the branch 
manager of the TD Canada Trust in Whistler, BC. 

And what he has a passion for, and one of the bene- 
ficiaries of his estate planning, is Stanstead College. 

Originally from Montreal, John boarded at Stanstead 
from 1972 to 1977 and was head prefect in his graduating year. He did a “huge 
amount of growing” at Stanstead and says the experience here enhanced his leader- 
ship abilities. He still remains in contact with his schoolmates and visits often. 

“The reason I do is because we lived there, we grew there and we did some things 
we probably shouldn’t have done there,” he said. “Those were very formative ado- 
lescent years.” 

Two years ago, Stanstead College launched a Planned Giving campaign to encour- 
age alumni and friends to remember Stanstead in their will. The message of the 
campaign was this: naming Stanstead as a beneficiary is a simple and thoughtful way 
to help ensure the long-term survival of the school and its ability to have a positive 
impact on the lives of young people. John readily bought into the message. 

“Stanstead was a very positive experience for me, so why not celebrate it — not 
live in the past but recognize it for what it is and how it helped us grow,” he said. 
“Five years over a lifetime doesn’t seem long, but that period shaped our lives.” 

Making a bequest ensures that other people can enjoy that same experience, he 
said. 

“I think there’s real value in Stanstead College.” 

If you would like to learn more about Planned Giving, contact Andy Elliot in the 
Advancement Office at (819) 876-7891 ext. 227 or email andrew.elliot@stanstead- 
college.com. 



May, a brother for Sophie, 2 years old. 
Francois’s company Komunik recently 
grew with another merger. The College 
appreciates his help in the printing of the 

Red & White. 

1993 

Melanie Aubut gave birth to a healthy 
baby girl. The new addition has been 
named Victoria. 

Congratulations to Jessica Lui who was 
married early this year. Jessica now 
resides in Toronto. 

Stephen Telling has been given an 
appointment as a Math teacher at Appleby 
College starting in September. He and his 
wife Mindi moved from Bolton, Ontario 
to Oakville this summer. 

1998 

Brad Goodsell and his group In-Flight 
Safety released their second album The 
Coast is Clear on January 24, 2006. You can 
learn more about what Brad and the band 
have been up to by visiting their website 
www.inflightsafety.ca. 


Andrea Page graduated from Dalhousie 
University in May 2003 with a Bachelor of 
Science in Neuroscience. After graduation 



she worked as an MRI Analyst/Project 
Manager doing brain scan analysis of 
patients with Multiple Sclerosis. While the 
job was very interesting, she yearned to 
work and travel abroad. A year and a half 
later she finds herself in London, England 
working in a hospital doing neuro -rehabil- 
itation. She is part of a multi-disciplinary 
team working in the Brain Injury Unit at 
the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability 
helping those with profound brain dam- 
age. 

2000 

Jared Givarz will be teaching next year at 
the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. 


Sean Maas recently graduated from 
University of Guelph and is about to set 
up his own stock brokerage business. His 
new hobby is collecting exotic fish. 

Justin Quenneville will be starting his sec- 
ond year with the Phoenix Roadrunners of 
the East Coast Hockey League. 

2001 

Carolina Angarita graduated from 
Concordia University in 2005 with a BA in 
International Relations and Economics. 
After graduation she embarked on a 
seven-month tour of Europe with two 
friends. One of her traveling companions 
was fellow alumna Sofia Iglesias ’01, who 



Class Notes 


recently also graduated from 
the University of Toronto 
with a BA in International 
Relations and a minor in 
Criminology During their 
travels they had the opportu- 
nity to meet Felix Prost ’00 and 
Clemens Kostlin ’00. 




New York City with Morgan Stanley 


Carolina also informed us that their friend 
Sandra Garcia del Rio ’00 is engaged to be 
married. Sandra recently graduated from 
university in Mexico City, IBERO, as a 
nutritionist. 

Marie-Pier Germain graduated from 
Queen’s University with an Engineering 
degree and is working at the Germain 
Hotel in downtown Toronto. She invites 
all alumni to drop by and try the hotel’s 
new restaurant. 

Massimo Marino is currently studying 
Chemistry at the Universite de Montreal. 

Peter Chia-Hsuan Shen is completing his 
graduate studies in Mechanical 
Engineering at the University of Akron in 
Ohio. 

2002 

Sarah Birge is working on her master’s in 
English Education/Teacher’s Cerfication 
at Lehman CUNY in the Bronx as part of 
the New York City Teaching Fellows 
where they are assigned to CUNY schools. 
She will be teaching Grade 8 English at 
MS 390 in the Northwest Bronx begin- 
ning in October and continuing for the 
next two years. 

Kara Campbell graduated from Queen’s 
University with a bachelor’s degree in 
Psychology. She is returning to Queen’s 
this fall to complete her Bachelor of 
Education and plans on pursuing a mas- 
ter’s in Child Psychology afterwards. 

2003 

Natalie Lussier is attending the University 
of Waterloo in the Software Engineering 
Co-op Program and is on a work term in 


Robin Zhao is currently in his third year of 
interior design at Ryerson University. 

2004 

Andrea Chanell was named Athlete of the 
Week during September 2005 for her play 
on the Bishop’s University women’s rugby 
team. 

Lauren Cuenant is attending University of 
Miami in Pre-Medicine. She has continued 
her running and recently completed the 
Miami Marathon. 

Julia Mank is currently enrolled in a uni- 
versity co-op program (Business and 
Health Economics) back home in the 
Black Forest of Germany. She has com- 
pleted her second year and is doing very 
well. 

Liane Quenneville played center on the 
Hebron Academy Prep School 
Champions women’s lacrosse team. She 


was named an All Conference player. On 
the ice, she captained the women’s hockey 
team that went to the Prep School finals. 
Liane will be attending Carleton 
University this Fall where she will be play- 
ing on the women’s hockey team. 

David Marosi spent his summer in 
Australia, travelling and learning how to 
surf. He has transferred out of Acadia and 
will be attending Concordia University this 
fall. 

2005 

Jeremy Stuart is studying Political Science 
at the University of Ottawa and is also a 
page in the House of Commons. 

Former faculty & staff 

From former faculty Duncan and Maggie 
Graham comes word that daughter Rona 
recently earned her PhD in Medical 
Genetics from UBC: “Five and a half 
years of solid work on Huntington’s dis- 
ease. All very proud,” writes Duncan. 


On July 1st, friends and family gathered for a garden party at the beautiful Walker 
home in Belleville to celebrate Bill Walker’s retirement. 

Bill’s teaching career spanned a remarkable 42 years, 16 of which were at Stanstead 
(’69 - ’85). As a member of the Stanstead faculty, Bill taught Geography, History and 
was housemaster of Davis House. He was also very active in the athletics domain as 
a coach of senior boys’ soccer, tennis and squash. 

Bill’s creativity was evident in a vari- 
ety of areas, in particular, his staging 
and direction of the annual college 
variety show. Following his departure 
from the Stanstead College in 1985, 
Bill moved on to Albert College in 
Belleville, Ontario where he finished 
his career as a highly respected and 
much admired educator. 

Bill and his wife, Sue, plan to keep 
busy with their four grandchildren, 

their passion for gardening and con- 

Seated L-R: Bill Walker, Barb Elliot (Fac.), Andy . . i i r i i 

Elliot (Fac.) Standing: Andy Lumsden (Former tlnuln S P ro J ects on thelr beautiful her- 
Fac.), Jane Lumsden, Emma Walker (1985), Simon itage house in Belleville. 

Walker (1984), Sue Walker, Ron Foss (1973) 







$14,000 

raised 

towards 

Stanstead’s 


2006 Champions 

Cedric Warier '90, Francois Paradis '92, Mike 
McNamara (fac.) and James Rioux (fac.) 


Special Thank you to all our sponsors 

Premier Sponsor RBC Dominion Securities 
Lunch Caisse Populaire de Stanstead 

Activity Cards ETFS & L’Equipeur 
Snack Kezber i Solutions 

Hole Arlie C. Fearon Transport, Autobus G. Ashby Inc., BAMF Motorsports, Campbell, Bellam & Associes Inc., 

Decarie Motors Inc., Maconnerie Bissonnette Inc., Marton, Quintal & Associates, SMG Golf, Top Marks 

Gifts, Prizes and Other Sponsorships 

Andre Hardwick '69, Alex '57 & Judy Philip, Avalon, Bert Titcomb '51, Brian Denney '64, Caisse Populaire, CGI, Christian Williams, Colliers International, Couillard Construction, 
Dave Riddle, Dufferin Heights Country Club, Entreprise Eric Dostie Inc., Entreprises Laliberte, Ernie Butler’s Comedy Nest, Geoff Wagner '71, George '60 and Renee Chiarella, 
Helene Hamel, IGA, JD Ross '00, Jim Campbell, Joanne Ross, Joe & Yvonne Scott, Kimball Smith, Leo Gervais, Michel Geoffro '73, National Bank Financial, Neil Finlayson, 
Ottawa Citizen, Patrick Bouchard, Peter Ross '03, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, Sam MacCallum '80, SMG Sports Marketing Group, Sonepar Canada, Georges Beaubien '68 


Dominion 
lailfJ Securities 


20 




Summer School 


Language Adventure celebrates 20th edition 



Teacher Jeff Hull helps language students create their own country. 


While he is no longer associated with the camp, retired 
Stanstead College teacher Paul Duncan feels a certain satisfaction 
in knowing that the Summer Language Adventure recently com- 
pleted its twentieth season. 

“I’m glad it continued,” says Paul, who with colleague Andrew 
Retchless was one of the camp’s founding directors. “I would 
have hated it to fall to the wayside the way some schools have.” 

In 1987 when Duncan and Retchless launched the language 
camp — with able assists from future director Peter Channel, 
Geneve Channel, Dorothy Duncan, Scott Waugh and many oth- 
ers — there was considerable demand for second-language 
instruction but not much in the way of opportunities, BCS being 
the only nearby camp. 

“We started with basically nothing, just ourselves and a type- 
writer,” recalls Paul. “That first year, every day was a new experi- 
ence. We knew as soon as we were through that first year, though, 
that we could do the second year easily. Every year after that, we 
just recreated the situation with any innovations we had come up 
with.” 

Enrollment in those first years was high — higher than expect- 
ed, in fact. The first year there were 111 students. By 1991, 
enrollment had hit 151. 

It didn’t take long for language camps to catch on. They start- 
ed popping up everywhere, even down the street from Stanstead 
College at the Pensionnat des Ursulines. Oddly, that neighbour- 
ing camp didn’t have much of an impact on Enrollment at 
Stanstead. 

“I think there was a market for people who preferred the envi- 
ronment of a place like that,” says Paul of the now-closed neigh- 
bouring school. 


In recent years, increased competition or waning enthusiasm 
has caused a number of camps to close. Stanstead’s Language 
Adventure, however, has persevered. This past summer, 
Enrollment was 114 students, the highest since 1999, with stu- 
dents from the Dominican Republic, France, Mexico, Taiwan, the 
West Indies and across Canada. In fact, because the camp has hit 
a certain age, it is now hosting the children of some former 
campers. 

Like enrollment, the tone of the camp has fluctuated over the 
years, says current director Simon Foster, who was a student at 
the camp from 1991 to 1993, returning as a monitor, then leader, 
then co-director before becoming the camp’s sole director in 
2005. 

“The camp was created by some very enthusiastic people,” he 
says. “That first year it was 'Let’s get in the car and go some- 
where.’ Later, it became more of a summer reflection of the 
school, much more structured and formal. Last year, I tried to 
make it a bit more fun, even though we have more class time now 
than we had six years ago.” 

In other words, the camp seems to have hit the right balance 
between “language” and “adventure.” 

Another change is that the camp went from four weeks to 
three weeks after the directors determined that that last week was 
conflicting with Quebec’s infamous Construction Holiday. It was 
probably for the best — that fourth week, says Paul Duncan, 
could be long. 

“We discovered we could do the same amount of language 
work in three weeks as we did in four weeks,” he says. 

What hasn’t changed is that immersing young people into their 
second language through classroom instruction, sports and activ- 
ities is effective and satisfying for all parties. 

“I always felt this was one of most enjoyable parts of the year 
for me,” says Paul. 



Language skills are also developed on the playing field. 


21 




Our School 



Hungry to help 


By Jen Bauer (2006) 

Every day all around the world 29,000 people die of hunger 
because of natural disasters such as droughts and floods but also 
from poverty 

On April 7 and 8, groups of individuals from all corners of the 
world took the initiative of doing the 30-Hour Famine, which is 
an international youth movement taking a stand against hunger. 

Eight students and three teachers from Stanstead College 
decided to challenge themselves by doing the 30-Hour Famine. 
In doing so, we were able to raise awareness about hunger with- 
in our school community, raise money for the World Vision relief 
fund and most importantly experience first-hand how it felt not 
eating for 30 hours. 

Our first task was to form a group of students who were will- 
ing to participate and collect money for this activity. We started 
our famine Friday, April 7 at 8 a.m. and went until Saturday, April 
8 at 2 p.m. 

During those 30 hours, we were not allowed to eat anything 
and we could only drink water and juice. Friday evening, we 
watched powerful movies reinforcing what we were fighting for, 
movies such as The Constant Gardener and Hotel Rwanda. 

On Saturday morning we had the great opportunity of having 
a guest speaker (who is also a teacher at Stanstead), Ms. Eryn 
Hessian, who spoke with passion about her experience in 
Ethiopia through an organization called the Coady Institute at St. 
Francis Xavier University. 


30-Hour Famine participants (front l-r) Anna Rosa Braun, Constance 
Bedard, Phoebe Miller, Jen Bauer, Angela Squillante, (rear l-r) Ashley 
Wilson, Mme Maurice, Nick Bauer, Caroline Hill, Ms. Hessian. 

Personally, for me the 30-Hour Famine seems like a very short 
amount of time to truly understand what some people face every 
day of their lives, yet to my surprise only 20 hours into the fast I 
could feel my body craving food because I needed the energy to 
keep me going. Most of us were extremely tired because we 
lacked the proteins and sugars that we get every day from eating. 

This was important for us to feel this because it makes us real- 
ize how fortunate we are to have food on our plates every day 
while others go without food for more than 30 hours. 

The 30-Hour Famine was a challenge, but this was something 
I strongly believed in, and through determination and will our 
group successfully achieved our goal. We were also able to collect 
around $300, which will go to the World Vision relief fund! 


Australian reflections on Stanstead 


0 Wow! What can I say? My experience 

at Stanstead has been amazing. The 
friends I’ve made, the things I’ve done, 
the places I have been. A year ago I 
would never have believed that I would 
be here. It’s hard coming to a new school 
where you don’t know anyone for thou- 
sands of kilometres. But everyone was 
so friendly and welcoming that it wasn’t 
Kate Checkly long before I felt accepted as a student of 

Stanstead and not just another exchange student. 

Coming to Stanstead I had no idea what to expect. I have never 
attended a boarding school and I had never left Australia. So com- 
ing to Canada alone was a huge adventure for me. My school back 
home, Billanook College, is so different from Stanstead. Not only is 
it a day school but the whole day structure is completely different. I 
have four 80-minute periods a day on a 10-day cycle. Every day we 
bring our own lunch from home to school and eat it outside. 


Being an exchange student is an incredible experience. I would rec- 
ommend it to anyone. It’s a great way of meeting new people, learn- 
ing new things and I’m sure I’ve taught many people a thing or two 
about Australia. It’s truly a life-changing experience. 

It’s only now that I’m preparing to go home to Australia that I have 
realized how amazing the people I have met here really are. 
Stanstead isn’t just a school, it’s a family. The friends you make here 
are so special because they are always there for you through the good 
times and the bad. 

I have learned more at Stanstead about other people’s cultures and 
countries than I would at any other school, anywhere. But most 
importantly I have learned so much more about myself. I have 
learned to be more independent, make important decisions on my 
own, try different foods and how to play rugby. 

Living so far away I’ll probably only ever see a few friends that I 
have made here, but I will always remember this awesome experi- 
ence and my memories at Stanstead College will never be forgotten. 

-Kate Checkly 



Our Alumni 



A NEW RECORD! With over 120 alumni, faculty, friends and staff in attendance, the Bishop Street Pub in downtown Montreal 
was the place to be on Thursday, May 4, 2006. Visit our website www.stansteadcollege.com/ alumni for more photos of this and 
other recent alumni events. 




Martha Njoku '00 and Susan Telling (faculty j Mandy Tightstone '97 and Mike McNamara faculty j Former faculty Mary Martin, Paul Duncan and Tena Moman 




Karine Goyette 99, Annie Goyette '97, Carl Michaelson '98, Yanne Root '98, Matt Watt '99, Andrew Vandor '98, Peter Wynne '72 and Judy Philip former staff) Isabelle Nation '00 and Lesley Cameron '00 

Rebecca Chang '98, Max Robillard '99, Adam Spirk '99 (Advancement Associate), MarcHetu '99, Ryan Fill '99 



Geoff Wagner '71, Peter Ross '02, Dugie Ross '70 (Director of Advancement), AlRich '71, Andy Hardwick '69, Alex Philip '57, Lena Lakdawala '85, Peter Morris '85, Aurelio Useche '85, Elie Fenster '85 and Alexandra, 
Peter Newman '71, Victor Levy '67 and David Maro si '04 Pierre Ene '89 





Denney 


Hin Tat "Jacky" Chan '99, Rob Retchless '02, Julie Mena Brito '03, I 

. * Alicia Wapen '03 and Julie SmitlnJJac) 


David Lay ton '73, Bill Miner '711 and 


Bradley Wright '71 


Spirkt$9, ?aulU 


Homecoming 

Schedule 

Friday 

5:00 - 8:00 p.m. 

Pre-reunion warmup in Montreal; 

( location to be determined) 

Saturday 

9:00 a.m. 

Car rally leaves Montreal 

9:00 - 9:45 a.m. 

Breakfast (cafeteria style), FeBaron Hall 

10:00 a.m. 

Football, SC vs. visiting Hlberta team 

11:30 - 1:30 p.m. 

Barbecue 

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 

Car rally arrives 

1:30 - 2:00 p.m. 

Fashion Show, featuring new St an stead wear 

2:30 p.m. 

Alumni Soccer <& Senior Boys Soccer 

4:15 p.m. 

Unveiling of the refurbished Colby clock 

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. 

deception in FeBaron deception Room 
5:30 p.m. 

Supper, FeBaron Hall 

Let us know if you will be attending. 
Contact Karen at (819) 876-7891, ext. 225 
or email karen.cushing@stansteadcol- 
lege.com 


Bonspiel 99 and Marina I 









Community 



Homecoming 2006, September 29-30, 2006 

Why come back to Stanstead this fall? Good friends, great memories, a special unveiling, fashion, football and cars ! 


New this year in connection with Homecoming is a car rally that will leave Montreal early Saturday morning and wend its way 
through the back roads of the Townships to cross the finish line at Stanstead between noon and 1 p.m. If you’re interested in learn- 
ing more or participating, please contact Marc Hetu at (514) 514-937-6723. 


Homecoming will also be an opportunity to unveil the newly refurbished Colby clock. We hope to have on hand a number of spe- 
cial guests as well as the many alumni and friends who helped raise the funds to get the clock running again. 

Will rumours of a Class of ’96 reunion come true? Stay tuned! 

Prizes for the largest class turnout and for the alumnus/ a who travels the furthest to join us. 


Hope to see you! 

SC and Vermont Council present lecture series 

Building on its place in the cross-border community, Stanstead College has partnered with 
the Vermont Humanities Council to present a series of lectures in Pierce Hall and at the 
Goodrich Memorial Library in Newport, Vt. 

With topics ranging from King Arthur to modern environmental 
consciousness, the program is part of the Humanities Council’s “First 
Wednesdays” series, which brings monthly speakers through the fall, 
winter and spring to several Vermont communities, including 
Montpelier, Middlebury and St. Johnsbury. 

This is the first cross-border venture for the council and is support- 
ed by a grant from the Donner Canadian Foundation. 

Through parent and trustee Ali White, a scholar for the council and 
an organizer of the “First Wednesdays” series, Stanstead College origi- 
nally considered hosting its own series to serve the communities of Stanstead and Orleans 
Counties. Rather than go it alone, however, the school decided to capitalize on the Humanity 
Council’s expertise and proven track record. It was a win-win situation. 

“The council’s mandate is to bring humanities to all backgrounds and ages across 
Vermont,” says White. “Unfortunately, the area along the Quebec-Vermont border doesn’t 
have the population base to warrant a ‘First Wednesdays’ series, even though the potential 
audience there is exactly the type the council should be targeting. At the same time, the 
English population on the Quebec side is equally under-served in terms of cultural and learn- 
ing opportunities.” 

The Donner Foundation funding secured by Stanstead College helped make the idea a real- 
ity. 

Running from September through May, the lectures are free and open to the public. 

“We’re excited about the series,” says Headmaster Michael Wolfe. “For the school, it’s a way 
to enhance our curriculum while at the same time opening up to the community.” 

The Vermont Humanities Council is a statewide non-profit organization that for the past 
30 years has fostered communication and better understanding within communities and 
between neighbors through lectures, readings and discussion programs. For more informa- 
tion, visit www.vermonthumanities.org . 



Ali White 


PROPOSED LECTURE SERIES 
(subject to change) 

October 4. Goodrich Library 
The Impossible Presidency: Presidential 
Greatness in the Post Modern World 
UVM Professor Frank Bryan 

November 1. Stanstead College 
Iran and the War in Iraq 
Mansour Farhang, former Iranian 
Ambassador to the United Nations 

December 6. Goodrich Library 
A “Suite” Light Exists in Spring 
Musical performance by The Bartholdy 
Ensemble with poetry readings and com- 
mentary by poet Francette Cerulli 

January 3. Stanstead College 
The Enduring Appeal of Arthur 
Jim Slocombe, History and Political Science 
at Champlain College 

February 7. Goodrich Library 
Is the U.S. Going it Alone on Foreign Policy? 
Haviland Smith, retired chief of counterter- 
rorism for the CIA 

March 7. Stanstead College 
The Emergence of Ecological Thinking 
Concordia University Professor Sheila 
Mason 

April 4. Goodrich Library 
Forward From Here 
Reeve Lindbergh 

May 2. Stanstead College 

India: Cradle of Religions 

Illustrated talk by Dr. Stephen Inglis, 

Director General, Research and Collections, 

Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) 


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Admissions 


The international experience 



Laura Struth: Like a second 
home. 


Starting at a new school is difficult. When it’s a boarding 
school, the stress is that much greater. If you’re an international 
student facing not just a new environment but a different lan- 
guage and culture, you need a lot of courage. 

For Stanstead’s many international students, the experience 
seems to follow a pattern: two weeks of homesickness, followed 

by a happy embrace of school life 
and new friendships, and finally 
never wanting to leave. 

In 2004, Laura Struth left home 
in Mainz, Germany and traveled 
halfway around the world to 
study at Stanstead College for 
Grade 1 1 . It wasn’t easy being so 
far from family and friends, and 
there were times when she want- 
ed to go home. But Laura ended 
up having such a great experience 
and making so many new friends 
that she decided to come back in 

2005 for Grade 12. 

’’This is an international school and I think this is great,” she 
says. ’’You meet people from countries that you might never have 
a chance to visit and I have friends from all over the world. It 
becomes like a second home.” 

Determined to learn English and make a change in her life, 
Sumiho Nakatsu came to Stanstead from what she describes as a 
large ’’boring” school in Tokyo, Japan. However, rather than 
enter the ESL program, Sumiho entered the regular Grade 10 
program and received private English tutoring. 

”My history class was so hard,” she recalls. ’’Even though I 
tried my best, my teacher wouldn’t give me a good mark. He real- 
ly challenged me. But I wanted to prove to him and myself that 
I could do the work. And I did it. The last mark he gave me was 
a good one.” 

In her second year at Stanstead, Sumiho consistently made the 
Headmaster’s List and is now back for her Grade 12 year. 

’’This is a good place to find out about yourself, to learn what 
you can do,” she says. 

Joo Sung Kim of South Korea talks about himself before he 
came to Stanstead College as if that was a different person. And 
in many ways it is. 

”In South Korea, I used to look at people and think, ’How do 
I get the better of this guy?’ Here, I think, ’How am I going to 
work things out with this guy.’” 

Joo completed his first year of high school in his native Seoul. 



Joo Sung Kim is back at Stanstead for Grade 
12 . 


It wasn’t a good 
experience. He was 
constantly getting 
into trouble and 
having conflicts 
with other stu- 
dents. 

Consequently, his 
marks suffered. 

’’Out of about 
300 students, I 
think I was proba- 
bly 294th,” he says. 

Joo and his fami- 
ly decided to apply 
for school in 
North America. 

Through a friend, 

he heard about a small Canadian school where he could learn 
English - Stanstead College. 

Joo enrolled in Stanstead’s Grade 8 ESL program. It was a tran- 
sition year. Because he knew so little English, he associated main- 
ly with his fellow Koreans. But it was also a year of growth. He 

soon learned that the conse- 
quence of misbehaviour was not 
merely a phone call to parents but 
disciplinary measures that could 
include suspension or expulsion. 

”1 knew I couldn’t fight here so 
I had to find ways to make 
peace,” he says. 

Joo returned to Stanstead the 
following year to enroll in the reg- 
ular Grade 8 program and has 
studied here ever since. 

Now in Grade 12, last year, Joo 
was named a school prefect - an appointment that was both a 
surprise and an honour. 

”I’m proud of myself when I see how I was before and where 
I am now. There’s such a difference.” 

Ana Quintero Solana of Mexico City spent two years at 
Stanstead College. She says that living away from home develops 
a sense of independence and responsibility. 

’’You don’t have your parents to fall back on. You have to do 
things by your own means. We tend to be more mature than our 
friends back home.” 



Ana Quintero Solana studied 
for two years at Stanstead. 


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Mike Bolduc 


Cynthia Roberton 


Vilma Scattolin 


Sophie Belanger 




Rob Davies has taught Science and 
Math for the past three years. He has also 
served as assistant director of Bugbee 
House and coach of our girls hockey 
team. He is returning to Nunavut with 
his wife Anne Davies who taught 
Physical Education and Mathematics this 
past year and coached our bantam boys 
basketball and junior girls’ rugby teams. 
Rob will again be taking on the job as 
principal at Qitiqliq Middle School. 


Tania Portelli has been our environmen- 
tal conscience since 2002, teaching in our 
Math/Science Department, coaching our 


College through her excellent teaching in 
Mathematics and by providing hours of 
extra help after school and in the 
evenings. She has accepted a teaching 
position at Lower Canada College in 
Montreal. 


Sophie Belanger taught French from 
2002 to 2004 before taking maternity 
leave last year. She was back this past year 
on a part-time basis. We wish her and her 
family well as they move to British 
Columbia. 


Cynthia Roberton has served for six 
years in the tremendously demanding role 
of school nurse and will be moving back 
to Montreal with her son George. 


Isabel Marcotte has had the unenviable 
job of making all student travel arrange- 
ments. She is retiring after 14 years at 
the college. 


Richard Smith is retiring from his posi- 
tion as our Sports Equipment Manager 
after 12 years of service to our Athletic 
program. 


Marie-Chantal Vincent has kept our 
wireless network operating and has 
taught computer science for the past two 
years and worked with our cross-country 
ski program. She will be taking her PhD 
in Educational Technology through the 
University of Joensuu in Finland. 

Lisa Hartman will be returning to the 
U.S. after two years of working closely 
and compassionately with many of our 
students as our school counsellor. 


Michel Bolduc 

Michel Bolduc (Father Mike) has been 
the Transport Coordinator for 8 of the 
last 10 years. Mike will begin retirement 
in Stanstead and we are sure to see him 
at many College functions. 


junior girls basketball team and leading 
our outdoor education program. She is 
returning to Toronto to pursue her mas- 
ter’s degree in Environmental Science. 

Vilma Scattolin has helped many stu- 
dents during her four years at Stanstead 


Jeff Hull brought his passion for history 
and rugby to us this past September and 
we will miss his energy, enthusiasm and 
good natured demeanor. We hope that he 
will be a regular visitor as he moves on to 
teach in his hometown of Toronto. 


Tom Middleton retired this past April 
after 21 years in the Maintenance 
Department. The faculty and staff saw 
him off with a barbecue lunch and many 
best wishes. 



Jeff Hull 


Richard Smith 


Isabel Marcotte 


Marie-Chantal Vincent 


Tom Middleton (seated) 


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2006-2007 School Calendar 


Homecoming 2006 
Vancouver Reunion 
Calgary Reunion 
Ottawa Reunion 
Halifax Reunion 

Admissions - Entrance Scholarship exams ' A 
Parents’ Day 

SC Invitational Girls Basketball Tourn 
Alumni Hockey & Basketball 
Christmas Dinner & Festival of Carols 
SC Invitational Hockey Tournament 
SC Invitational Boys Basketball To urn amen' 
Germany Reunions (Hamburg, Cologne) 
Mexico Reunions 

Admissions - Entrance Scholarship exams 

Toronto Reunion 

Kingston Reunion 

Spring break 

Montreal Reunion 

Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament 



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October 12, 2006 
October 13, 2006, 1 j 
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November 17^2006-!"^) 
November 18, 2006 
November 25, 2006 
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December 3, 

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\ January 26 & 27. 

\ February 1 & 3, 
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